Completed in 2009, the Ironbank is a <a href="https://inhabitat.com/2010/10/07/blooming-terraced-building-to-spring-up-in-slovenia-next-year/" target="_blank">mixed-use</a> office and retail building in Auckland that has received a number of accolades for its rusty "container" architecture, environmentally-sustainable design, and its impressive parking garage featuring an <a href="http://www.ironbank.co.nz/video-gallery/" target="_blank">innovative robotic car stacking system</a>. Designed by Aukland-based <a href="http://www.rtastudio.co.nz/" target="_blank">RTA Studio</a>, the <a href="http://www.ironbank.co.nz/index.cfm" target="_blank">Ironbank</a> is not only ecologically and sustainably designed, but it was recently awarded 5-Star Green Star rating awarded by the <a href="http://www.nzgbc.org.nz/">New Zealand Green Building Council</a>.

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The mixed-use office and retail building is located in a historic area of Aukland, at the edge of the city's central business district.

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The front contains retail space facing a commercial street, while the back maintains a seven-story office tower.

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The tower is composed of a series of stacked rusty "containers" with large windows that offer a view of the city.

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The building front has been built to the same height of the historic Victorian and Edwardian commercial buildings that surround it.

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The building was recently awarded with a 5-Star Green Star Rating from the New Zealand Green Building Council for its environmental design.

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The mixed-use building includes rainwater collection, natural ventilation via a night time purge system, energy-efficient lighting, solar hot water heating, and more.

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In 2009, it received three architecture awards in the "commercial", "sustainable" and "urban design" categories of the New Zealand Institute of Architects Auckland awards.

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It also received second place at the European World Architecture Festival, making it the best-scoring New Zealand entrant ever at the festival.

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The project also features an innovative automatic car stacking system that uses a robot to efficiently place cars on an underground rack.